Culinary utensil.



A. HODDENBACH.

CULINARY UTENSlL.

APPLICATION man Dsc. 14, 1915.

Patented Oct. 22, 1918.

ANDREW HODDENBACH, or DENVER, coLonADo.

CULINARY UTEN SIL.

Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented Oct. 22, 1918.

Application filed December 14, 1915. Serial No. 66,712.

To all w/wm t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ANDREW HOUDEN- BAOH, a subject of the Queen of the Netherlands, residinof at Denver, in the County of Denver and tate of Colorado, have invented a certain new and useful 'Culinary Utensil, of which the following is a speciication.

My invention relates to culinary utensils and more particularly to that class of utensils as are used for cooking foods by steaming.

The objects of my invention are, first, to provide a main receptacle adapted to hold water; second, to provide a plurality of slidably mounted, removable egg holding trays disposed within the main receptacle above the water line; third,to provide guiding and supporting means for said trays; fourth, to

provide a cereal cooking receptacle disposed within said'main receptacle; fifth, to provide a perforated plate disposed within said main receptacle intermediate the egg-holding trays and the cereal cooking receptacle; and, sixth, to provide the egg holding trays with a plurality of small perforations inthe bottom of egor seats thereof.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain lnew and novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described and finally pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

eferring to the accompanying drawing forn'iing a part of this specification wherein like characters of reference denote similar parts throughout the several views:

Figure l, is a vertical sectional view of my improved culinary utensil.

4i0' 2 is a sectional view, taken on line -X-X of Eig. 1.

In carrying out the aim of my invention, I employ a suitable main receptacle or boiler 1 provided with a suitable removable cover 2 having the steam vent 3. The boiler or receptacle l is adapted to hold water, as is manifest.

A plurality of guide and supporting members 4c are arranged in pairs and in suitable spaced relation within the main receptacle 1 and `suitably secured at their ends to opposite sides of the receptacle or boiler 1. @ne of the walls of the receptacle 1 is provided adjacent one end of each pair of guide and supporting members with a suitable opening 5.

Adapted to pass through each opening 5 and be slidably supported by means of the members l is an egg holding tray 6. Each egg holding tray 6 is provided with a plurality of eoncaved egg seats 7 for the reception of an egg or eggs to be steamed or poached. Each egg seat 7 gradually tapers slightly to one edge of the tray 6, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, to permit the egg or eggs to be easily removed by sliding same from the egg holding trays into a suitable dish. The bottom of each egg-seat 7 is preferably provided with a plurality of small perforations 8 through which the steam may rise or pass, thus having a tendency to loosen the egg from the egg-seat and allow the egg to be steamed from all sides.

Steam spaces 9 are provided between the egg holding trays 6, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, so that steam rising from the boiling water may circulate entirely around the egg holding trays to cook the eggs from all sides.

A perforated plate or partition 10 is removably supported or disposed within the receptacle 1 upon the supporting flange 1l.

cooking The plate 10 separates two distinct one and chambers or compartments, a lower an upper one.

A cereal cooking receptacle 12 is disposed and removably supported within the upper cooking chamber. The flanged edge 13 of the receptacle 12 is adapted to Seat upon the supporting flange 14, which flange is suitably secured to the walls of the receptacle l. The flange 13 is provided with a. plurality of steam openings or passages 15 to permit the rising steam from the lower chamber to freely circulate around the receptacle 12. The receptacle 12 may or may not be provided with a removable cover 16. The cover 16 is preferably provided with suitable handles 17. The receptacle 12 is also preferably provided with a pair of suitable lifting handles 18.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that more than one kind of food may be steamed or cooked at a time, and for restaurants, hotels, and like places my improved utensil will serve the purpose of several separate utensils, and will take up less cooking space upon the stove.

Any number of egg holding trays 6 may be employed in my utensil, and for restaurants and like places where many eggs are steamed or poached during a meal period,

my improved egg steaming or poaching ing to one of the side edges of the tray, and

ineans Will ooviato the necessity of inany a cereal cooking receptacle adapted to he 60 poaching pans scattered about the surface disposed in said Water holding receptacle,

of the stove, thus rendering quicker and hetsaid Acereal cooking receptacle having a ter service than when the ordinary poaching flanged edge provided with a plurality of pan is employed. steam openings to permit the rising steam The many mlmmages el the herein defrom the Water holding receptacle topa-ss 65 scribed invention, 'will readily suggest theinollloly Mound Said Cereal Cooking recepselves to cooks and those skilled in the art titolo. Y

to which the invention appertains, 4. A culinary utensil comprising a recep- Gbviously, iny invention admits of oonsidtools adapted to hold boiling Water and acrahle modification Within the scope et the plurality of laterally disposed, Slidably 70 invention and therefore l do not Wish to he mounted 609' holdin@ tra S OStioIlod above limited to the specific construction shown the Water line in said receptacle, each of said and described5 but reserve the right to inalre ogg holding trays being provided with a any such changes as niayY Yliairly tall within plurality of concaved egg seats having their scope of the appended claims. bottoni provided with a plurality of per- 75 dvd/That l claiin is: torations and each egg seat gradually' taperl. h culinary utensil comprising a receplng t0 0U@ O the Sid@ edge/S 0f the tly, a tacle adapted to hold boiling Water7 and a Cill Cooking IGCGpl'Cl dlSPOSed in Said plurality of laterally disposed, slidahly Water holding IGGGP'ClG, 2L llal'lgod odge for mounted egg holding trays positioned above Sad Celed COOllhg lehtddh hdldhg d lhu' 80 the Water .line in said receptacle, each oi iJll-YO SQMH OPSDDgS to permit the rissaid egg holding trays being pro' i ed with ing steam Within said Water holding recepplumity of @Oma-fed @mtg having taole to pass entirelyfaround said cooking re- D their bottoni irorided with a p uralit f or CBPtClG- and a @TOateCl lat@ ClS @Sed l l 5 L L muy Within said Water holding receptacle inter- 85 perforations and each egg tapering to one of the side cc oi the hdlt Sad egg holdllg 'Grays md Sad es tray to perinit easy lateral sliding oi' the egg Col COOllg optloin pgynoyrgll 1191 the ifa-5L A Cllllllaly lltllsll COll'lpIlSllg 3J QCBP- 2. culinary utensil comprising a closed had@ addldhed t0 hold hdhhg Wfflter dhddlhl receptacle, a plurality oi supporting guides l'dhhy 0h ldlhdhy dlsldosedahhddhly hdfhht* 90 arranged in pairs Within said receptacle and @d @gg hold-mg @Thys Posdlohed dhdve the secured at their ends to opposite sides wat@ hh? '111 Sad refeldtale @Ch 0f Sad said rece Jteole, said receptacle haring one @gg hhldlhg tfdys`-hemg Pfmddhd With a of its Walls provided adjacent one end oi Phlahty 0f fohcaved egg Sedhshavihg their each pair of supporting guides with a rehotoh Podded Wlhh d hhhhhty 0f Pel" 95 ceiying opening, an egg holding tray dofdhohs dhd each egg Seht gradually tapiir' adapted to pass through each receiving mg JDO 0h@ hf the 51de edges, 0f the hay: d opening and slidahly supported by ineans @Smid @Ohlhhg eCePtdCle dlSPOSed 'hl Said ot said supporting guides, steain spaces Wiel holdlhg Thehhdde; d hanged edge hh formed uf'ithin said receptacle between eaoh Sddd Ceed @Oohlhg ecehhdde hddhg d 'Phlf 100 tray and the side Walls ot the receptacle and mhty 0f Steald Oldehhgs t0 Permit the 'S each tray. and eaoh of said trays heing prohg Sthdh Wthh Sdd Water holdhg heeel?" vided with a plurality of concayed egg seats had@ i0 lddshhh-"el Wound Sdd @Gokhg he" having their bottoni provided with a plu- Caphdhle gddes do? Shlpdhldhg the hahged rality of perforations7 each of which egg edge Ohshdd Coolhhg receptacle, dpehfohthd 105 seats gradually tapers to on@ of the Side plate disposed Within said Water holding reeglges ofthe may Ceptacle intermediate the egg holding trays 3. A culinary utensil comprising a recepahd hh@ Cehed Coolhhg 'ehepmcle and' taole adapted to hold boiling Water, and a gddes fdr Shddhly Shldpohtlhg Said P91" plurality of laterally disposed7 slidaloly fhdhdd Plat@ niounted holding trays positioned above dh testhhohy Whhfhof d, afhx my Signal/Ye the Water line in said receptacle, each oi' said 1h ldfedehCe 0f IEW@ Sdhscldbhg Wthessesegg holding trays being provided with a ANDREW HODDENBH plurality oi conoaved egg seats having their lli'TIleSSeS bottoni provided with a plurality of pen l?. R. CLINE,

orations and each seat gradually taper- Fimon J. liensoN.

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